Videos

Jackal feeding behaviour

13 January 2017

The black-backed jackal is known to be a scavenger, but did you know that they only rely on scavenging 35% of the time. They are mainly omnivorous and forages for food quite often. The black-backed jackal also relies on catching their own food which predominantly consists of rodents and other smaller animals. Watch the video of the foraging black-backed jackal at Shayamanzi.

Baboons are gregarious and form troops which include several large males. They stop feeding by the early afternoon to socialize; this includes grooming. Mutual grooming is an important social activity... (See more)

When foraging, a black stork walks around slowly in shallow water while stabbing at prey with the sharply pointed bill. It finds prey visually or probes into water and grabs the prey with a rapid forward lunge. It may shade the water with its wings at regular intervals to be able to... (See more)

Every year Shayamanzi has the privilege of seeing a few babies born among the wildlife on the ranch. Here is video compilation of some of these babies we had the honor of welcoming into the Shayamanzi family... (See more)

Most of us run for cover when raindrops start falling from the sky. Seems like the wildlife from Shayamanzi do not mind the rainy weather, no matter how bad it is. Nothing can disturb a nice day for them... (See more)

Did you know that healthy animals will frequently lick their noses. The buffalo´s muzzle in particular should be moist at all times. Here is a video of the Shayamanzi buffalo catching up on health practices... (See more)

Most animals as well as other living organisms are dependant of water and the availability there of. A Cape eland drinks around 30 litres of water per day when water is available, and therefore has no... (See more)

A pack feeds with little aggression between the pack members according to a fixed feeding sequence in which the pups feed first, followed by the year-old animals, then the dominant pair and then the rest of the pack. Prey... (See more)

Warthogs mate seasonally and a sow will mate with various boars when she is in estrus. The sow comes into estrus in May and the gestation period is 164 to 182 days. The piglets are born in an underground... (See more)

In the ravines close to Makoppa, a jungle atmosphere with large beautiful trees and lots of thickets, provides a beautiful dam named after its a appearance. Jungle dam is home to many birds and... (See more)

Like all the cats and mongooses, the banded mongoose Mungos mungo has a civet-like ancestor. It is one of two species of Mungos, the other being the Gambian mongoose Mungos gambianus from West Africa. The banded mongoose... (See more)

Leopards are mostly nocturnal, but are sometimes active by day. They do most of their hunting during the night and sleep during the day. Here is a video of our lazy leopards sleeping the hours away... (See more)

Zebra occurs in small breeding herds consisting of a stallion, a few mares and also their fouls. The stallion is at least four years old and stays with the breeding herd until it is 12 years old. The foals leave the family group when they are between one and four years old and either stay alone or join stallion herds. Here is a video of the Zebra at Shayamanzi... (See more)

The common name impala is derived from its izulu name impala. Although not a gazelle, the impala is a slender antelope of medium size. Only the rams carry lyre-shaped horns, the length and shape of which is used to determine age. The horns remain straight up to an age of 22... (See more)

The waterbuck is water-dependent and drinks water several times during the day. The average water intake of an adult waterbuck is around 9 liters per day. They are very strong swimmers and... (See more)

The African civet is a large, slender, cat-like animal with a pointed face that resembles that of the American racoon. Individual African civets vary greatly in coat colour and pattern and are individually recognizable just as the spotted cats are. However... (See more)

Did you know that the African male lion becomes sexually mature at the age of 26 months where as the African female lion only matures sexually at the age of 32 months. However, male lions only start to breed when they take over a pride at around the age of four... (See more)